Martha E. Manos Beck, longtime Chicago-area fan, was an artist and a musician. The warm-hearted and hospitable Martha, a mainstay of All-Night Fandom, would frequently throw her hotel room open at conventions for casual coffee gatherings after most room parties had died down.

She was an associate member of First Fandom and active in the N3F. She ran for TAFF in 1985 as write-in candidate after her candidacy was rejected by TAFF administrators, collateral damage in the TAFF Wars.